Tavarus Dantzler

#57 LB

PROFILE

Height:6-2

Weight:240

Age:26

College:Bethune-Cookman

Experience:R

Signed by Green Bay as a non-drafted free agent on May 8, 2015…Appeared in 46 games with 24 starts for the Wildcats as a four-year letterman, compiling 175 tackles (85 solo), including 19 for a loss, 2½ sacks, five passes defensed, five forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries…As a senior in 2014, earned second-team All-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference honors after starting all 12 games and ranking second on the team with 80 tackles (38 solo)…Also notched nine tackles for a loss, one sack, three passes defensed, three fumble recoveries and three forced fumbles…Made eight stops (six solo) vs. Florida International (Aug. 30) as he helped the defense limit FIU to just 186 yards and one third-down conversion in a 14-12 win…Notched eight tackles (four solo), including one for a loss, and a forced fumble in the win vs. Grambling State (Sept. 13), the Wildcats’ first win vs. the Tigers since 1954…Forced and recovered two critical fourth-quarter fumbles that allowed B-CU to rally from a 27-20 deficit to defeat Florida Tech at home (Sept. 27)…Finished with 10 tackles (four solo), including one for a loss, and a sack in the 34-33 win over the Panthers…Led the defense with nine tackles (two solo) in the win vs. Delaware State (Oct. 4)…Posted five tackles (four solo), including three for a loss, in the loss at South Carolina State (Oct. 25)…Again led the Wildcats defense with 10 tackles (four solo) in the win vs. North Carolina Central (Nov. 1), helping to hold the Eagles to just 8 yards in the fourth quarter…Notched seven stops (four solo) and a fumble recovery vs. Hampton (Nov. 13)…Tallied seven tackles (three solo) in the 18-17 overtime victory vs. perennial in-state rival Florida A&M (Nov. 22)…Played in all 13 games with eight starts as a junior in 2013, totaling 47 tackles (22 solo), including nine for a loss, a sack, a pass defensed and two forced fumbles…Made six stops (five solo) vs. Virginia Union (Sept. 7)…Recorded four solo tackles, including three for a loss, at Howard (Oct. 12)…Registered nine tackles (three solo), a sack and a forced fumble vs. South Carolina State (Oct. 26)…Notched a career-high 12 tackles (three solo), including two for a loss, and a forced fumble vs. Norfolk State (Nov. 9)…Played in 11 games and made four starts as a sophomore in 2012…Compiled 32 tackles (16 solo), including 1½ for a loss, an assisted sack and a pass defensed…Recorded five stops (three solo) in the season-opening win vs. Alabama State (Sept. 2) as part of a defense that allowed just seven second-half points and helped the Wildcats erase a 21-point deficit for a 38-28 win…Tallied three solo tackles at Miami (Sept. 15) and at Hampton (Sept. 29)…Collected six tackles (three solo) in the win vs. North Carolina A&T (Oct. 6)…Notched four tackles (three solo) at Savannah State (Nov. 10)…Made a season-high eight stops (three solo), including one for a loss, in a first-round FCS playoff loss vs. Coastal Carolina (Nov. 24)…Appeared in all 11 games as a true freshman in 2011 and recorded 16 tackles (nine solo)…Registered his first career tackle vs. Hampton (Sept. 22)…Notched four tackles (three solo) vs. Fort Valley State (Oct. 15) and at N.C. Central (Oct. 29)…Earned his degree in physical education…Graduated from Homestead (Fla.) High, where he played LB and DB for two years and earned first-team All-Dade and first-team all-district honors as a senior in 2010…Attended South Dade High School in Homestead, Fla., his freshman and sophomore years…Also lettered three years in track and field and two years in basketball…Played with current teammate Jean Fanor at Bethune-Cookman…Interned at the sports recreation center, Midtown Sports, during college…First name is pronounced tuh-VARR-us…Single, lives in Homestead, Fla. …Has a 4-year-old daughter, Tashyra…Given name Tavarus Travon Dantzler-Falconer; nickname is “TD”…Born in Homestead, Fla.